nothingarian

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UK/ˌnʌθɪŋˈ(ɡ)ɛə.ɹi.ən/US/ˌnʌθɪŋˈ(ɡ)ɛ.ɹi.ən/

noun

A person of no particular beliefs.

OriginEnglish nothing ← Middle English nothyng ← Old English nāþing →
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Meanings

nounnothingarian (plural nothingarians)

plural nothingarians

  1. A person of no particular beliefs.

    In religion, the common people called him a nothingarian — owing, no doubt, to his habitual neglect of public worship.

    1845, Edward Royall Tyler, William Lathrop Kingsley, George Park Fisher, Timothy Dwight, New Englander and Yale review

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
nothingist

Origin

  1. Old Englishnāþing
  2. Middle Englishnothyng
  3. Englishnothing
  4. Englishnothingarian

From nothing + -arian.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with nothingarian

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Cite this entry
APA

nothingarian. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nothingarian

MLA

“nothingarian.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nothingarian. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “nothingarian,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nothingarian.

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